MEMORIES Ping!..............
1976 Plymouth Duster
I think I had a 1972. Paid $800 for it at an auto auction. Ran great until someone ran a stop sign and I t-boned them.
Left out the Barracuda.
I had a 73 2+2 hatchback Vega 4 speed. Fun car.
“The 1963 2-Door Hardtop Impala is a classic that captured the hearts of baby boomers.”
The oldest baby boomers that year were only 17 years old. Lots of them had never been born. Kind of hard to made that assertion.
57 Chevy. Wish I still had it!
I had a 1974 Chevy Vega. 60,000 miles in two years and never had a single warranty repair. I drove it up and down the Alaska Highway and beat it up so bad on the washboard roads that I ground about 1/3 off of the oil drain plug and beat the exhaust system so bad it broke the manifold a couple of weeks later, but that wasn’t a manufacturing defect, that was my going way too fast for conditions.
There’s no such thing as a 1964 Mustang. All were titled as 1965 vehicles. Minor changes were made at the normal 1965 model year change over, which caused collectors to refer to the earlier models as 64 1/2. This I could forgive. But it could have been covered in the write-up with a bit of effort.
But there is no such thing as a 1970 Pinto. It was not introduced until the 1971 model year.
Article was obviously not written by a ‘car’ guy/gal.
As a paying-your-own-way college kid in the 1960s I did not have an iconic 1960s car; couldn’t afford any of them.
I had a 1955 Pontiac Star Chief, 4 door, that I paid all of $250 dollars for, and sold for $250 some years later when I was in the military. Wish, I’d kept it. I would would restored it when my money situation improved.
I had a 1965 Pontiac Catalina 2+2 convertible. 421 tri-power, 4 speed. Back seat could have held a king size mattress. Got lots of use 😉
Would love to have it back.
Why did the writer have to repeat himself so much? Why did the writer have to repeat himself so much?
My first car was a 1970 Mustang, midnight blue. It was $200. Some kids stole it from the school parking lot and ran it into a school bus.
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1964 1/2 Mustang, 200 Straight 6, 3 speed manual and 13 inch wheels. I bought it from my Aunt who bought it new
1968 Pontiac Firebird 400
1969 Pontiac Firebird 400
1972 Olds Cutlass Supreme
1960 Chevy Impala
1972 Chevy Impala
1972 Monte Carlo
First car. 1955 VW Bug loved that little car.
In 1971, Chevrolet introduced the Caprice, a car that epitomized elegance and power.
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FWIW, the Caprice was introduced in 1966.
I don’t have any of the cars on this list but I do have a 37 Chev pickup, a 68 Chev pickup, and a 69 Ford Mustang.
Beats the heck out anything made today!
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With its sleek, distinctive fastback design, the Charger made a bold statement on the road. It featured a range of powerful engine options, including the legendary 426 Hemi V8. The car's front grille and hidden headlamps added to its unique and rather menacing appearance. With its sleek, distinctive fastback design, the Charger made a bold statement on the road. It featured a range of powerful engine options, including the legendary 426 Hemi V8. The car's front grille and hidden headlamps added to its unique and rather menacing appearance. (1966 Dodge Charger (CC BY 2.0) by Greg Gjerdingen)
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This Charger was a sales flop. Only 37,000 were sold. Compared to 600,000 Mustangs. 1967 was even worse. Not even 16,000 Chargers were sold.
But in 1969? Oh yeah.... 105,000
